Student Assembly issued a statement on Saturday evening meant to rally Cornellians together following an assault in Collegetown on Friday possibly motivated by racism, but the statement divided some assemblymembers themselves. Gabe Kaufman ’18, vice president of finance, who was not among the members who wrote the statement Saturday, said he saw two major problems with the statement. Assemblymembers who did not write the statement were given 15 minutes to vote on its publication, Kaufman and Assemblymember TJ Ball ’18 said. “A really key point is that this statement was literally passed without the support of even [a] bare majority of the Student Assembly,” Kaufman said. “So on account of that, it’s not a reflection of the Student Assembly, it’s not a reflection of the student body.

Source: Daily Sun September 19, 2017 05:26 UTC